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A Hot.Wind Day in Australia.

With strict impartiality it speeds alike
down the hutter's chimney, formed Of
old kerosene tins, and the Elizabethan
stacks of fashionable suburban man
sions; charges up the busy streets,
flashes through the omnibuses, in at one
widow and out of the other, like the
clown in the pantomime. But not all of
it! not the six bushels! Shake yourself
and see. Then it spins along the su-
burban highways, pounces down on the
scavengers' heaps of dead leaves and
other odds and ends of unconsidered
trihcs, and they are gone, and their
place knows them no more. Poets seek
ing new tropes and figures of speech
should try what can be made of an Aus
tralian dust storm. Every window in
the cities is closed, and the heated blast
chafcs and howls about the easements in
frenzy of impotent rage. Should any
one incautiously turn q street corner par
ticularly sprucely dressed, straightway
it makes for him. The air soon becomes
a combination of atoms as lively as
aerated waters. The whole surrounding
country seems shroudcd by an atmos-
phcre which has been whipped into the
consistency of pea soup. One side OF tho
street is sometimes as completely hidden
from the other side as by a November
fog in London. Woe to the unlucky
housemaid who has inadvertently left
open a single window! Repentance in
sackcloth and dust is her condign punish.
mcnt. And thus the enemy speeds up
and down the day through. The heat is
sitting, but people all seek to close every
avenue of approach. Batten down and
stew is the order of the day. OF two
evils it is by far the least; indeed, the
only defense, and every port is closed as
on board ship in bad weather. Should
the demon succeed in effecting an en-
trance he sweeps through the hall, rushes
up stairs, and bangs every door like
maniac. The hotel kitchen is a subject
of special anxiety to the functionaries
concerned, and certain vendcrs of per
ishablc commodities close their shops
.-Nurays Magazine.
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Signal Service Work.

Notwithstanding the fact that the
duties of the United States Signal Ser
vice Department are, for those in the
minor branches, cxacting, and the salar-
les paid quite small, there arc a great
number of applications constantly com
ing in. The assistant observers, or
privates as they are ranked, only get
s, 200 per year from the New York sta
tion. At all other stations east of the
Missouri, except Boston, Philadelphia,
New Orleans, Chicago and jacksonville,
the pay is $50 per month. The SER
gcants of the highest rank provided for
in the service get only about $40 per
month more.
To secure a place in the service on ap-
plication to the Chief Sigual Office at his
headquarters in Washington is the first
step. A promptanswer may be expected,
which will state whether or not any men
arc wanted in the service. If there are
vacancies blanks will accompany this
response, on which the applicant must
ill out the answers to lot of qucs-
tions that constitute preliminary exam
nation. If this paper is satisfactory the
applicant is referred to Washington or
the nearest large signal service station
to his home, where more thorough exami-
nation follows. This being satisfactorily
passed, the applicant is enlisted and as
signed to station, where he is broken
in TO the work of the service.
The necessary qualifications, as shown
by the examination, are first, quickncss
in figures with the accompaniment of ac-
curacy. The highest mathematics are
not requisite, plain arithmatic being all
that is necessary. The other branches
touched upon are grammar, geography,
history, penmanship, and spelling. The
history is United States and the geogra-
ply local, but very thorough. Self-reli-
ancc is looked for. and man is expected
to be able to take charge of station
when he has had little experience. In
the service his education is supposed to
continue. He is expected to gain a
knowledge of astronomy, on which there
is no preliminary examination, and to
keep up with the development of new
theories and meteorological Methods
Ntto York Sun.
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The Cause of Diphtheria.

Some light appears to have been
thrown at last upon the origin of those
mysterious cases of diphtheria which oc-
cur every now and then without any ap-
parent possibility of infection. Just as
DIR. Klein has demonstrated that a slight
disease in q COW may cause an epidemic
of scarlatina among those who drink her
milk, so DIR. George Turner, in a report
just published by the London Local Gov
crnment Board, has produced some con-
siderable basis for the conclusions that
fowls, cats, sheep and other animals arc
liable to diphthcria, and they may often
communicate it. Every one who has
kept poultry is familiar with the infec-
tious disease known as the "gapes," so
called from the constant gaping of the
animal affected by it. This is caused by
animal parasite; but DR.. Turner tells us
that very similar symptoms may be pro-
duced by fowl diphthcria, and he ad-
duccs several instances in which the
birds seem to have given the infection to
human beings. Many supposed out
break of ''gapes," the report says, may
have been a far moro terrible enemy, and
have produced fatal cpidemics. On the
other hand, children arc believed to have
repeatedly given diphthcria to domestic
cats
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-11-09
WORDS OF WISDOM.

If you are afraid to use your bait do
not go fishing.
There is no such thing as failure until
a man gives up.
Rumors are among the best things in
the world to let run alone.
A horse is not known by his trappings,
but qualities; so men are to be esteemed
for virtue, not wealth.
Great men begin enterprises because
they think them great, and fools, because
they think them easy.
J 1t is observed by Cicero that men of
the greatest and the most shining parts
are most actuated by ambition.
Reason requires culture to expand it.
1t resembles the fire concealed in the
flint, which only shows when struck with
the steel.
If you live according to what nature
requires, you will never be poor; If &C
cording to the notions of men, you will
never be rich.
Next in importance to freedom and
Justice is popular education, without
which neither justice nor freedom can be
permanently maintained.
: More is felt than is perceived, and
more is perceived than can be interpreted;
and love climbcs higher with its lambent
fame than art can pile the fagots.
Integrity is the first moral virtue, be-
ncvolence the second, and prudence is
the third; without the first two the lat
ter cannot exist; and without the third
the two former would often be rendered
quite useless.
Education may we'll be compared to a
certain species of writing ink, whose
color, ut first, is scarcely perceptible,
but which penetratcs deeper and grows
blacker by age until, if you consume the
scroll over coal fire, the characters will
still be legiblc in the cinders.
Endeavor to be always patient of the
faults and imperfectlons of others; for
thou hast many faults and imperfections
of thy own that require reciprocation
of forbearancc. If thou art not able to
make thyself that which thou wishest to
be, how canst thou expect to ,rold
another in conformity 10 thy will2
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Weddings in Colonial DAYS.

In Mr.. Sanford's "History of Conncc-
ticut," recently issued, is the following:
"Wcddings in carly colonial days were
usually celebrated quietly at the home of
the bride. With the increase Of wealth
there was a marked change in this re-
spect. Not only were the banns pro-
claimed in the church, but general in
vitation was given from the pulpit to
attend the ceremony. Friends and
neighbora were entertained with lavish
hospitality at the brides house. On the
wedding day, muskets were fired; and
those who attended the ceremony marched
in procession to the brides homo. The
wedding feasts lasted sometimes for two
or three days. At a grand wedding in
New London, on the day after the mar.
rage ninety-two ladies and gentlemen,
it IS said, proceeded to dance nincty-two
iigs, ffty-two contra dances, forty-five
mfnuets and seventeen hornpipcs."
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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
Soiline vs.. PaSturinG.

Careful trial has satisfied those who
practice soiling that one acre of land,
we'll titled, will support cow as long as
three acres of pasture and one acre of
meadow. A succession of crops must be
sown, of course. The first crop to cut
in the spring is winter rye, then follow
medium clover and orchard grass, timo-
thy and alsikc OF pea vine clover, or both,
oats, or peas and oats, millet, corn and
sorghum, the latter sowed very thick to
keep the stalks soft, and if to this sys-
tenn of soiling was added that of silage.
and the latter used after the green grow
ing crops were frozen up, and with the
silage a variety of root crops saved and
used, how much more cheaply would we
carry our stock through the entire year.
-C0lnan's Rurul World.
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Hints About Sheep.

have made sheep raising study all
my life, and find in the Shropshire just
what is wanted for u general purpose
sheep Have crossed them on fine woods
for SIX years in succession, and produced
lambs that would average 120 pounds at
from ten to eleven months old, and
which sold for six cents a pound each
year at home markct.-Micigan Farmer.
There are probably few men who have
fed sheep for fifteen or twenty years who
can say that they found them in every
case profitable; and yet more men could
probably say this of sheep than could
say it of either hogs or cattle. Fat sheep
never advance to the extreme values oc-
cas:onally reached by other fat stock
but at the same time they are less apt to
20 to an extreme the other way. In fact,
taking term of years together, no other
stock shows as great uniformity in its
quotations. The man who commands
the fceces and the carcasses of nice
bunch of wcthers every year finds sheep
feeding profitable. ble.-NationaI Stochmaan.
One advantage frcm keeping few
sheep on the farm is the fact that those
fortunate farmers engaged in the pursuit
have a clip of wool, some fat lambs or
sheep sell at time when but few other
farm products are ready for the market.
Money is usually most in demand among
farmers during the spring and summer,
for it is then that they arc engaged in
making the crops to be sold the ensuing
fall and winter. Combining sheep hus-
bandry with grain growing, pieces out an
uncomfortable gap in the finances, when
without it the farmers business would
for while be all outgo and no income
Leaoiston Journal.
To those who have noticed how little
mindful sheep are to the scvercst cold
weather when well teeccd, it may seem
idle to say anything about protection for
sheep for two months, yet protection is
even more important during the next
two months than it will be in the sub
sequent two. 1t is not cold weather that
hurts sheep so much as it is wet weather.
Wool is always injured by getting wet,
and when Il. sheep is exposed to q cold
rain, such as we are likely to have an
abundance of during the fall months,
and the fleece gets filled with water
which must be dried out slowly by the
heat of the animals body, will not only
injure the wool but give the sheep bad
colds, catarrh, and reduce the vitality Of
the sheep to a low ebb. If good, healthy
lambs are to be expected it is therefore
quite necessary that the ewes be pro-
tcctcd from storms.-RurdI World.
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Where Liberia Got Its Name.

The Maryland Historical Society held
its monthly meeting recently. Mr.. John
II. b Latrobe, who presided, presented
number of photographs of Monrovla
and some of its prominent citizens, and
made some interesting remarks in refer
encc to the colonization OF Liberia. Mr..
Latrobc and DR.. Ayres drew a rough
map for gentleman at the head OF the
colonization scheme. After it had been
finished he asked Mr.. Latrobc what was
the word in Latin for freeman, and.
after he had replied "libcr," the gentle
man, General Harper, said that he would
name the place Liberia. Morrov;a was
80 named by Mr.. Latrobe after President
Monroe. Baltimore .4merics,n.
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GOOD-BY.

The velvety bloom on the rose is gons,
The sweetness of love is over;
Tho shadow falls on the crimson day
And the dusky, dcwy clover.
Good-by, dear heart, good-by.
The Summer Of love is gone so soon,
The Summer Of love together;
bor lovers must part i'll the Autumn'tide,
Love dies in the wintry weather.
Good-by. dear heart, good-by.
Hearts break when the blush of the rose is gone,
Hearts break when the Summer is over,
And only the wind and the falling leaves
May echo the song of the lover.
Good-by, dear heart, good-by.
Oh! better the long, sweet siumber Of death
Tran the breaking of hearts asunder:
Oh! better than life with an aching heart
Is the sleep Of the dumb dead, yonder.
Good-by, dear heart, gooi-by.
Perhaps I, too, shall rest ere long,
In the slumber of death low-lying;
But knew you this dear one, my heart
Would love you even in dying
Good-by. dear heart, good-by.
-Fietnk LeSlie'S.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-11-09
The Manufacture of Bogus JeWelry.

Precious stones are dyed at Oberstein,
Germany, where nearly the whole popu-
lation is devoted to the work of making
bogus iewclry and fixing up cheap gems
to look fine Different families have
their different modes of treatment, and
some families have the secret Of some one
or another special tint which can be
made nowhere else Chalccdony is the
usual base of false onyxcs and agates,
which arc most counterfcited. The
stones are boiled in the coloring matter
and then subjected to intense heat. The
color permeatcs the whole stone. One
family has the secret of converting GRO
cidolite into "cats-cyes." Gypsum and
hornblcndc arc also made into the same
gems. Tircons, which are cheap stones
Of silicon and zirconia, have the color
washed out, and arc apparently diamonds
until tested. A thin slice of diamond is
laid over a topaz so that the whole ap-
pears to be one gem. Emcralds are
c,sily initiated. Many stones sold as
rub:cs are only red spinel, and much of
the lapis lazuli is only dyed chalccdony.
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perhaps, brcathcd her last only moment

perhaps, brcathcd her last only moment
before found her.
"On the bosom which had pillowed
my head so often lay the head of mon
stcr boa His loathsome body wrapped
tightly about the luckless girl had
squeezed her to death. In fervor of
gladncss over her return or madness
from hunger he had killed the woman
who fondled him when not with me.
81 managed to retain my senses some
how, and left the room so permeated
with poison. Down stairs once more, l
brcathcd frecr than for many days. l
leaned out of the window and looked at
the cd stars which had twinklcd through
every hour of my miserable misspent life.
l realized all at once how base and 1n-
active l had become, dreamer; but was
l to blame!
"rhc old butler kindly led me to my
room, begging me to drink of the glass
he forced 10 my lips, saying that all
should be done well.
II drank, and, throwing myself on the
bed, I lost my mind in dreary and
dreadful maze which melted into long
sleep. 1 knew in that sleep that the py-
thon had been stranglcd and the rumor
given forth that Lady IIarcourt had
fallen dead from heart disease.
"Thc end of it all came, of course, and
l went through it properly, Ihcard after
wards; but think my body had acted
without soul for once.
II went to Switzerland-a place hap.
e. II
my old mental poisc, and got back to
point where l could reflect upon all that
fearful time which seemed a sort of heaven
to me while it lasted-my strange ire
sponsiblc life with Zobeidc, charmer of
serpents, ruler of men!
':Now you know, Strahan, why do
not care to look on such sights. It un-
nerves me to look on q boa more than to
meet wild beast face to face. ."-Lippin-
roft
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Strange Household Pets.

A strange bcquest and a strange house
hold pet was that which my friends
father received from his grandmother.
1t was o land-turtle she had cared for
and pettcd for forty years. 1t had the
range of the house, answered to its name,
Dan, would come after its food and eat
out of hand. When ready to take his
long winter sleep Dan would peck at the
bureau, when his mistress would wrap
him in tlannels and tuck him away in u
drawer, where he remained dormant
until spring. Dan lived five years with
the lcgatee, and when he died an aliga-
tor took its place. The latter thrives
and is as tenderly cared for as pet CO.
nary or Scotch terrier would be. -Ameri-
can Grocer.
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Nav Go Too.

We have been told that we shall soon
lose our hair and noses from misuse Our
legs may go, too. In 1910, according to
statistics presented at the carriage
builders convention, there were only g.
200 men engaged in the carriage indus
try, and only 13, 300 vehicles manu-
featured. Now it is estimated that there
are so, 900 employed, who make 1880.
900 carriages annually. At this rate OF
increase walking will soon become obso-
lete, and mankind's legs will drop of
from lack of use.-New York CONNER
ci1I
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m. F,r;ra IN W Gnzette saws: Tn,

The Elmira IN. W Gnzstts says: Tho
smell of hops is delightful to some, but
is overpowcling to others invalids are
frequently restored to heath thereby,
and women rarely ever fail of growing
strong. A hop pillow is capital gift
for a friend who is troubled with f.
lomnia.
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Manufacturers in Great Britain are
gradually adopting liquid fuel in place
OF raw fuel.
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with other industries and raise it to par
with those pursuits before the farmer
can secure a just compensation for his
labor.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-10
Nonresident Notice.
o: 61O9, r. DIN the Chancery Court Of
Shelby county, Tennessee. State of Ten
N asaaa W. Marv Adams AZ nj

No. 6lOs, r. DIN the Chancery Court Of
Shelby county, Tennessee. of Ten
nessee We. Mary Adams ct al.
II appearing from the bill which Is sworn
TO In this cause that tho residences of de-
PENDANTS. n. r.. Adams and wife Ida Adams,
W. b. Adair, Jessie Arnot, Elisabeth Dun
lap, Annie J. Dunlap, LIE itia Dunlap, the
unknown heirs Of Euclid Borland, made do !,
acres Of land in the Fifth Civil District,
north by Laird and south by Adams; the
unknown heirs of X. T, Rose, made defend
ants on account Of interest in lot 4, Roses
subdivision, 60x163 feet on the north side of
Union street (this being suit to enforce tax
liens), are unknown and cannot DO ascer-
tained after diligent inquiry; and II appear
ing from the Sheriff return herein that de-
fendsnts Susan II. Arthur, g. r.. Cairnes,
Jas. O. Calhoun, Mary II. Clark, VIM, Con-
nors, johanna Corbett, y. Coffin, j.; T.
Doyle, Sarah Doyle, Ann Dustmann, Elisa
Joseph Cooper, Reuben o. Ringwald, Mar
garet Sides, Sam Sohalls, Christian Speger.
Anna @. Soruggs and Mrs. O. M. Tucker,
arc not to be found in his county;
II Is therefore ordered, That they mako
their appearance herein, at the courthouse
of Shelby county, in tho city of Memphis,
now Taxing Dis riot OF Shelby county Tenn
on or before the fret Monday in March, 1887,
aud plead, answer or demur to compliments
bill, or the same will DO taken for confessed
as to them and set for hearing OK parte; and
week, for four successive weeks, IN the
1886. A oopy-attest;
s. l. MoD0W ELL, Clerk and Master.
By I. d. Caldwell, Deputy @. and M.
John JnhnsOr, Sol. for cOmUlHi nant.
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Non. Resident Notice..

No; 6lOS. R. DIN the Chapcery Court of
Shelby county, Tonnessee-State OF Ten
nossoe VS.. j. Il Anthony OF al.
II appearing from the return Of the Sheriff
in this .cIuse that the defendants, J. l..
Bland. I. M: Brooks, r., MAJ TIA Branch,
vile : 6oburp, Mary A Fleming, K. Garrett,
Temperance Harrell, Jas. Harrell, W. X.
Morelan, M. A. Nichols, Jas. X. Polk, trus-
tee, Willis q. Reeves, trustee, Green Red
dit. W II. Sawyer. l.. A. Sawyer, Ed Shop
herd, Dora Seward, Lucy W. ktarks, A. D.
Treadwell, M. A, Williams, J. g. Webber
and A. anda A. E. Williams, are not to be
found In his county,;
It Is therefore ordered, That they make
their appearance herein, at tho Court House
Of Shelby county, in abe city Of Memphis,
now Taxing District Of Shelby county Tenn,
on or before the first Monday in March, 1887,
and plead, answer or demur to complainant's
bill, or the same will be taken for confessed
as to them and set for hearing exparte; and
that copy of this order be published once
week for four successive weeks Ia the Mem
phis Appeal. This 18th day Of January,
1887. A copy-Attest;
s. 1. MCDOWELL, Clerk and Master.
By T. D. Caldwell, D. @. and M.
John Johnson, Sol. fol complainant. fr
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InsOIvent Notice.

State of Tennessee, Shelby Countrywide o 4
Count Co IT Clerk, Memphis, Tenn.
February 3, 1887.
To John Loal ne, Administrator;
IL estate of NJ. Brosnan, deeoased, you
are hereby ordered to give notice, by adyer-
tisement IL some newspaper published with
In said State, and alto at the COURTEOUS 0
door OF Shelby county, for all persons having
the same, authenticated In the manner pre-
scribed by law, on or before the 8th day OF
May, 1887, and any claim not flea on or be-
fore said day, or before an apr ropriation OF
the fund.- of said estate Is made, shall be-
forever barred, both In law and equity.
Witness my hand, at office, this Sd day Of
P.J. QUIGLEY, Clerk.
By Thos. b. CrenshRw, D. O.
r. JOHN LoAGUE, Administrator.
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No. 2sS2, r. DIN the Circuit Court of
Shelley County, Tenu essoo-Blanche M.
Ullrich VS.. John II, W. Ullrich.
II appearing from the petition dled In this
cause, which Is sworn TO, that the defendant
state OF Tennessee;
II Is therefore ordered, That he make his
appearance herein, at the courthouse, In tho
city of Memphis, Tenn, on or before the
third Monday in March next, 1887, and
plead, answer or domur toDplaintif = petition
for divorce, or the same will be taken for con-
Tossed as to him and the cause set for hear
ing OK pare; and that q copy Of this order
be publ shed once a eek, for four successive
weeks, In tho Memphis Appeal.
A copy-attest: sat
ByJ. 7. Toml'nson, d. putty Clerk.
Attorney for Plaintiff, CAN'T 4 Patt erson
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State Of Tennessee, Shelby County-0fico o
County Court Clerk, Memphis, Tenn,
February 5, 1887.
To Joha Loague, Administrator:
II estate of W. +. Cooper, deceased, you
are hereby ordered to give notice, BY sdyer-
tisement in some newspaper published with
in said State, and also at the courthouse
door Of Shelby county, for all persons having
the same, authenticated in the manner pre-
seribed by law, on or before the Sth day Of
May, 1887, and any claim not fled on or be-
fore said day, or before an appropriation Of
forever barred, both In law and equity.
Witness my hand, at Office, this Sd day I
February, 1887.
By Thos. B. Crenshaw, ID. O.
Notice lie hereby given In accordance with
II JOHN LoAGUE, Administrator.